diff --git a/packages/dds/tree/src/feature-libraries/modular-schema/modularChangeFamily.ts b/packages/dds/tree/src/feature-libraries/modular-schema/modularChangeFamily.ts
index 57afe5c27d27..4b1df18ea467 100644
--- a/packages/dds/tree/src/feature-libraries/modular-schema/modularChangeFamily.ts
+++ b/packages/dds/tree/src/feature-libraries/modular-schema/modularChangeFamily.ts
@@ -211,16 +211,12 @@ export class ModularChangeFamily
 		const { revInfos, maxId } = getRevInfoFromTaggedChanges(changes);
 		const idState: IdAllocationState = { maxId };
 
-		return changes.reduce(
-			(change1, change2) =>
-				makeAnonChange(this.composePair(change1, change2, revInfos, idState)),
-			makeAnonChange({
-				fieldChanges: new Map(),
-				nodeChanges: new Map(),
-				nodeToParent: new Map(),
-				nodeAliases: new Map(),
-				crossFieldKeys: newCrossFieldKeyTable(),
-			}),
+		if (changes.length === 0) {
+			return makeModularChangeset();
+		}
+
+		return changes.reduce((change1, change2) =>
+			makeAnonChange(this.composePair(change1, change2, revInfos, idState)),
 		).change;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/dds/tree/src/test/feature-libraries/optional-field/optionalChangeRebaser.test.ts b/packages/dds/tree/src/test/feature-libraries/optional-field/optionalChangeRebaser.test.ts
index 9df35f818a75..9c9e17008d4e 100644
--- a/packages/dds/tree/src/test/feature-libraries/optional-field/optionalChangeRebaser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dds/tree/src/test/feature-libraries/optional-field/optionalChangeRebaser.test.ts
@@ -222,10 +222,12 @@ function rebaseComposedWrapped(
 	change: TaggedChange<WrappedChangeset>,
 	...baseChanges: TaggedChange<WrappedChangeset>[]
 ): WrappedChangeset {
-	const composed = baseChanges.reduce(
-		(change1, change2) => makeAnonChange(composeWrapped(change1, change2)),
-		makeAnonChange(ChangesetWrapper.create(Change.empty())),
-	);
+	const composed =
+		baseChanges.length === 0
+			? makeAnonChange(ChangesetWrapper.create(Change.empty()))
+			: baseChanges.reduce((change1, change2) =>
+					makeAnonChange(composeWrapped(change1, change2)),
+				);
 
 	return rebaseWrapped(change, composed, metadata);
 }
diff --git a/packages/dds/tree/src/test/feature-libraries/sequence-field/utils.ts b/packages/dds/tree/src/test/feature-libraries/sequence-field/utils.ts
index 011185ebf316..7dfb60e71280 100644
--- a/packages/dds/tree/src/test/feature-libraries/sequence-field/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/dds/tree/src/test/feature-libraries/sequence-field/utils.ts
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ export function composeDeep(
 ): WrappedChange {
 	const metadata = revisionMetadata ?? defaultRevisionMetadataFromChanges(changes);
 
-	return changes.reduce(
-		(change1, change2) =>
-			makeAnonChange(
-				ChangesetWrapper.compose(change1, change2, (c1, c2, composeChild) =>
-					composePair(c1.change, c2.change, composeChild, metadata, idAllocatorFromMaxId()),
+	return changes.length === 0
+		? ChangesetWrapper.create([])
+		: changes.reduce((change1, change2) =>
+				makeAnonChange(
+					ChangesetWrapper.compose(change1, change2, (c1, c2, composeChild) =>
+						composePair(c1.change, c2.change, composeChild, metadata, idAllocatorFromMaxId()),
+					),
 				),
-			),
-		makeAnonChange(ChangesetWrapper.create([])),
-	).change;
+			).change;
 }
 
 export function composeNoVerify(